Thank you, I’m glad how it came out. As for the nightmare part, it was the keeping track part. The actual knitting didn’t take very long once I sat down and did it, but the keeping track, for the whole year, was driving me bonkers by the time I got to the end of December. I wouldn’t dissuade someone from making one, but I won’t be making another.

Actually, I didn’t have that many ends. I carried the yarn up one side of the scarf, so I only had the ends at literally each end of the scarf to deal with, and that was it. Oh and the white spacers between each month, but I wasn’t weaving in ends on each row, that would have been madness.

As you saw, not top down, but it sure looks like it! The way the sleeves are attached meant that I couldn’t try it on until then.

Thank you for your compliment. I’m quite happy with it. This is the first well-fitting sweater I’ve made and I’m quite happy with it. My mods (extra button and longer length overall) seem to have worked out quite well, so overall this gets a thumbs up.